France took on the All Blacks at Stade Vélodrome, Marseille tonight. The All Blacks (in white) won the match by 5 tries to none, 39 / 12.
Match summary from rugbyweek.com
New Zealand continued their unbeaten tour of the northern hemisphere with a comprehensive 39-12 win over France on Saturday thanks to their commitment to a running style of rugby.
The All Blacks, having already seen off Wales (19-12), Italy (20-6) and England (19-6) without really hitting second gear, showed a welcome willingness to spurn the aerial ping-pong that has marked many games of late.
In return, their sure-handedness in the offload and ability to turn the slightest mistake by the French into an attacking opportunity made for some often breath-taking rugby that resulted in five tries.
The visitors overcame a nervous opening 10 minutes to score five-pointers through Sitiveni Sivivatu, Mils Muliaina, Jerome Kaino, Cory Jane and Conrad Smith, with the exceptional Dan Carter booting an additional 14 points.
France, who had sprung a 20-13 win over South Africa and posted a facile 43-5 victory over Samoa in their autumn internationals, responded with three Julien Dupuy penalties and a Francois Trinh-Duc drop-goal.
A tremendous shunt from the French pack at the first scrum on New Zealand ball saw the visiting front row buckle and pop under pressure, and Dupuy made no mistake from 35 metres after three minutes.
But the All Blacks came firing back, Yannick Jauzion hauling down Ma’a Nonu within striking distance of the French line but Sitivatu skipped through the threadbare defence after quick ball from the resulting ruck.
Carter converted and was then on hand to produce a potential try-saving tackle on Fabien Barcella after Jauzion had exploited a huge hole in midfield.
Dupuy kicked his second penalty on the quarter-hour mark after Julien Bonnaire had been obstructed at an attacking line-out to pull the score back to 7-6.
The Stade Francais scrum-half added to his tally when flanker Kaino released his binding from another scrum under enormous pressure.
France had a lucky break when Trinh-Duc’s clearing kick from the restart was charged down by Jimmy Cowan, but the All Black scrum-half just failed to ground the ball.
But after a bad tactical choice by Dupuy, Cowan spread the ball wide in the New Zealand 22m area, the speeding Sivivatu turning provider by drawing Vincent Clerc and offloading to full-back Muliaina for an easy try.
Carter missed the conversion but grabbed a 29th minute penalty when Jauzion failed to roll away after tackling the dangerous-looking Nonu.
Tom Donnelly then spilled the ball over the line after Nonu gathered Carter’s clever chip and fed a galloping Kieran Read.
The French front-five crumbled in the ensuing scrum, Kaino touching down amid a mass of bodies for a try Carter converted.
Trinh-Duc pulled back three points with a 35-metre drop-goal to leave the All Blacks 22-12 up at half-time.
Dupuy missed two pots at goal early in the second-half either side of a successful Carter effort and French heads went down.
Carter, who was part of Perpignan’s Top 14-winning side last season, then enjoyed an impressive cameo for a full 10 minutes, giving a textbook demonstration on why many consider himself the world’s best rugby player, mixing solid defence with deft handling touches and chips.
Jane scored the All Blacks’ fourth try in the 61st minute, finding himself in space down the right flank and gathering his own chip over Traille to touch down. Carter converted.
Smith rubbed French noses in it when he skipped down the blindside unmolested for a try Carter also converted as tempers frayed between a well-beaten home side and an All Blacks team that now play the Barbarians in London next week.
Points:
France: 3 Penalties Julien Dupuy, 1 Drop Goal Francois Trinh-Duc
All Blacks: 4 Conversions & 2 Penalties Daniel Carter, 1 Try Sitiveni Sivivatu, 1 Try Mils Muliaina, 1 Try Jerome Kaino, 1 Try Corey Jane, 1 Try Conrad Smith
Teams:
France: 15 Damien Traille, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 David Marty, 12 Yannick Jauzion, 11 Maxime Médard, 10 Francois Trinh-Duc, 9 Julien Dupuy, 8 Julien Bonnaire, 7 Fulgence Ouedraogo, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (captain), 5 Romain Millo-Chluski, 4 Sébastien Chabal, 3 Sylvain Marconnet, 2 William Servat, 1 Fabien Barcella.
Replacements: 16 Dimitri Szarzewski, 17 Nicolas Mas, 18 Lionel Nallet, 19 Julien Puricelli, 20 Morgan Parra, 21 Yann David, 22 Cédric Heymans.
New Zealand: 15 Mils Muliaina, 14 Cory Jane, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Ma’a Nonu, 11 Sitiveni Sivivatu, 10 Dan Carter, 9 Jimmy Cowan, 8 Kieran Read, 7 Richie McCaw (captain), 6 Jerome Kaino, 5 Tom Donnelly, 4 Brad Thorn, 3 Neemia Tialata, 2 Andrew Hore, 1 Tony Woodcock.
Replacements: 16 Corey Flynn, 17 Owen Franks, 18 Anthony Boric, 19 Tanerau Latimer, 20 Andy Ellis, 21 Stephen Donald, 22 Luke McAlister.
Date: Saturday, November 28
Venue: Stade Vélodrome, Marseilles
Kick-off: 21.45 SA Time (19.45 GMT, 08.45 NZ time, November 29)
Expected weather: Clear skies to partly cloudy, with a high of 15°C (59°F)
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Assistant referees: George Clancy (Ireland), Simon McDowell (Ireland)
TMO: Nigel Whitehouse (Wales)
Smith strolls in for a try…and a fight on the sideline!
Easy try for Conrad Smith…
…. and the handbags fly…. Gucchi against Sheepskin, leather bags….
oh boreing another AB try, they makeing it look very easy
118 – Noticed when I was there once in September. Thought it was colder than Durbs that time but the locals told me it got hotter in the summer.
You can have the hotter weather. I battle with the heat of Durbs as it is 😀 Up in Joburg at the moment and have my aircon on. Could never handle anything hotter. Back in Umhlanga next week.
Must say it has been very hot up here today.
Lovely beaches in the Gold Coast.
Went upto Cairns and Port Douglas loved Port Douglas. Lovely little town that.
Also enjoyed Sydney.
39/12
Has any one seen G Henry smile EVER.
So what happened to the Boks against France? We beat ABs 3 times this year. Or is it the changes that France made? Why did they make so many changes to their team?
Then I never count out the Abs when they want revenge. France beat them on home soil this year and they would have wanted to get that back on them.
We just looked flat this whole eoyt. Did we miss our 4 players that were missing? I think we missed them huge.
NZ 39 / 12
Swanie my post 124 was for you. Sorry no reply button here so forget to put the post number to the post we are anwering too.
Andy Ellis on for Cowan
When the french moered into the ABs they moered them 4 times harder. You can see they are tired, o yes i said it/
Okay that is me out. Hope that FdP wins player of the year. Not sure when that is going to take place. Was hoping soon.
Well done to the ABs. They have played really well on this eoyt.
Boks were disappointing then they really made us proud during the year. So not too worried about this eoyt. We won the big ones. Also team of the year and WELL DONE TO OUR BOKS FOR THAT.
With that I am out of here. Good night everyone to some good morning. Cheers catch up tomorrow. Hope our cricket does us proud tomorrow.
Die Laventel-fokkers wil nou net baklei
Where is the fierce agressiveness and clinical play of when the froggies played us. Cheap handbags again.
Super when are they going to announce player of the year?
Puma, worked that one out. Never been to Port Douglas myself. As for Sydney, I am not a big fan.
Interesting stat, with 3 minutes to go this will be the second year in a row the ABs did not concede a single try in the NH, some record!
Nightynight puma
Right, times up, I am off to shower. Chat to all again later.
Game over… All Blacks win by a massive 27 points!
Now for the Baabaas game,
Thankgoodness that is over with, dull dull dull.
Good win All Blacks, but dont get your hopes up. We going to thump you again next year :MRGREEN:
Swanie, Ja ABs really turn it on up there. As long as we get back to our best against them next year I will be pleased. We played very poor on this eoyt. Too many injuries and I do think the players are tired. Not sure if the ABs play in their domestic cup. Our Boks played in the CC final well most of them. That was end of Oct going straight into training for eoyt.
We also missing 4 players and today think we missed Bakkies huge. For me anyway Bekker is just not a Bakkies.
I enjoyed Sydney as I was on holiday there. Not sure if I would like to live there. For me the best was Port Douglas the little town way up north. Also enjoy Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Perth is just way to isolated. Too far away from any where.
Think you chose the right city to live in there. That is probably where I would have stayed had I went to live in Oz.
BYE SWANIE
maybe PdV must relief Dick Muir and study this games tape with Slapchips
Okay with that I am out. Well done ABs. Bad luck to our beloved Bokke. We will have to wait until next year. The BaaBaas game 9 Boks in that one and another saffa with WP Nel. Should be good, well hoping.
Now for the last time good night everyone.
Cheers Swanie nice to chat.
Superbul that is an excellent idea. Serious.
Dicky can stay with the Lions
Goodnight i am out of here as well.
Good time chatting
Well, 5 from 6 for me on SuperBru… only the Bokke let me down… badly!
well done GBS now for that last call, you have a small chance to take top honors.
149@ SuperBul – Neewat, Ed of Slasher sal hom vat
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